New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1887-08-03
WANTS OFF FOR NBW-LONDON.
STARTING THE NETWORK CLUB CRUISE.

YACHTS WHICH WILL TAKE PART IN THE RACES
THE MAYFLOwER SAILS
tn. Sound to-day will dotted with the white sails OF
vscbts making their way to New-London "ne'e "''
Yachts OF tho NewYork Yacht Club will meet THIS even
ing Many of the smaller fry got underway yesterday.
rv.rrtb,ng PROMISES a glorious cruise Only lack OF
wind or a superabundance Of wind can spoil II. Ine
dagship Commodore Gerrys steam yacht ELECTRA VIII
start for New London ut 10 o'clock this morning ro
East Twentyslxth Commodore Gerry mas Ainoiy VI
fered to convoy from port TO port on the Socua ue
the cruise the yachting reporters of the
papers The Mayhower, Clara Iroquois ana Csrio"s
win get of tho dry docks this morning ana DO oweu 70
New-Ioudon The Maynower no longer be described
"a the white soop. She has been lotleaded all over
It doesn't add 10 tho aurscu'enees "
her but is an indication that Captain Craven
intends to sail her for all that she is WORTH anu
ss little as possible the resistance when her Suo
Offers to the water Captain Craven doesn't believe 'hA'
. chang. of color will bring any change OF luck.
The bottom of the Volunteer has also been poteadeo
Thu lead doesn't stick steel long asi does Oh
the rust soon showing throu n It, and Captain HUI ha'
some difficulty in getting the bottom VI Tue
Volunteer as smooth as he would nke IL IN o'nci
resrerts the Of the yacht for the races
been hasty that In the contests WIN lne
other big soops she will be somewhat handicapped,
they have been thoroughly tested and Will enter tne
racea In frat class condition. victory ior ho
Volunteer under these circumstances wiz "o al
the moro conclusive, while defeas VIII MOI oe
regarded a. necessarily indicating her lnlerioa ;
ever well she may acQuit herself In the races .nat %
tsEr Mace during the cruise OF the
il is CERTAIN the new Pride OF Boston WI" uo o''
Tine odtme raciug schooner Palmer will go into com;
ms Ssr sDe.d With Of the have been
built since she laid up she has oeen iens - ,.
and other alterations have been made in ner WIN view
IN Improving her speed but American desig ers nave
made great strides In achtbuiidng oi Ia,s ~
is hardly 10 he expected that the older craft can % S
cently improved 10 equal the new ones. Wheu
the yachts reach New-london the nsro ss. nave
made All sorts OF preparations for the reception q s
and the yaehtsmen accepted Sny 1 ,h"y would
be quite incapable OF keeping their weather eye mt
IN. csptsas Of the Yachts will hold big rOw WOW
on the Electra aud settle how many prizes they can nnd
rnmnd among the citizens of Newport that Is probable
that there will be $1,000 to put lnlo CUPS. wn
hv ansnt not to 20 begging bat American yachtslnen
are not much given to mug hunuhg' cspooI",R ~
cruise Tuere can be ,lte aou0' n0"''e' '"A'
club R, % Te se I Die seSps che Pu
the foiIowing prominent racing yachts win probably
participate In the cruise ana races INC 1890.
secondcass sioops iitana. shamrock Grace Bedoain
Stranger, Huron, Bildegard and CARA; @
AfnIou Cinderella, Adelaine Fausta, Berthe. hoamer'
IRIS; and fourth-ciass sioops Esperito anu onaS -
In trial the Msyfower wiz spread more cam
vas than she has done heretofore captain CihVe
ordered for her larger boom larger M sanasss
an entirely new suit Of ;- s tas .eas.r a. = the
opinion OF Nsw-York yachtsmen that The Boston critics
no have saying that Ia plain craven doesh knoM
how 10 handle the Mayh0wer will md that they nave
made great mstase The new sal, could mol pc s1s
ready in time. otherwise the Mtyhowcr would nave
stretched them In the cruise of the Newfork facnt
Club. 49,, r. ,,o.,,,n On Nor.
man T. Munro raced the fast Long Branch steamer
Cape Charles, from sandy Hook 10 the Battery Ses
dax morning Tho apo Charles left thu per at ~ D.
IN with ner bow pointing toward the Narrowa Inc
Nav Then AT that whirne around In ire horse
Shne lik, a cork Ia q small Whirlpool Shc allowed the
Cane Charles one milo start, and then SWINGING
around forged ahead. ON reachnx Buoy No. e'9 sue
tanned the big steamer kept abram OF her Tor ABOUT
Ave minutes Then Mr. Munro. who was on ooaru ne
Now Then spoke the engineer, and the ntuo cIait
dared ahead leaving the Cape Charles far asern wnen
OF Governors Island she fully three miles anesd'